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Los agachados [The Crouched Ones], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1974
Los agachados [The Crouched Ones], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1974

Los agachados [The Crouched Ones], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1974

Primary (Mexico City, Mexico, 1902–2002)
Printer
NationalityMexican, North America
Date1934
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (18.4 × 24.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 3/4 × 19 13/16 in. (37.5 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, P1975.18.11
Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object numberP1975.18.11/15
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, A6 - Glickman Galleries
Label Text
Manuel Álvarez Bravo captured images of everyday life in Mexico City with a keen eye for the ironic and the uncanny. "Los agachados" (1934), showing a group of workers eating at a Mexico City diner, suggests a similar unveiling of a hidden reality. Facing away from the viewer, the laborers are solidly anchored to their seats as the low metal curtain shields them from the midday sun. His carefully composed images reveal his modern sense of aesthetics. Regardless of circumstances, Álvarez Bravo presents his subjects with a sense quiet dignity.
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